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Algerian leader demands ‘total respect’ from France

The Algerian president says he demands “total respect” from France, in the latest escalation of a diplomatic row between the two countries over visas. In his first public comments on the matter, Abdelmadjid Tebboune said France should forget that Algeria had once been its colony. Algiers last week recalled its ambassador from Paris because of comments by President Emmanuel Macron ...

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Gov’t removes Levies on petrol, LPG for two months

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has announced the removal of the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levies on petrol, diesel and LPG for a period of two months. The NPA in a statement said President Akufo-Addo gave the approval for zero Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levies following the advice of the NPA to seek government’s intervention to mitigate the impact of ...

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MTN supports victims of Trokosi with startups and seed capital

MTN Ghana Foundation has provided startups and seed monies to girls liberated from Trokosi shrines in parts of the Volta Region and given vocational skill training at Baptist Vocational Training Institute. In 1998, Ghana outlawed trokosi, an old age cultural practice where fetish priests take young virgin girls, in payment for services or in religious atonement for alleged misdeeds of ...

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Three arrested over dumping of Covid vaccines in Egypt

Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the arrest of three people following the dumping of thousands of unused doses of a coronavirus vaccine near the city of Minya, 200km (125 miles) south of Cairo. Images posted on social media last week showed piles of white boxes strewn along the banks of a waterway. The authorities say nearly 20,000 doses of the ...

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Three still missing after canoe sinks in Offin River

Two dead bodies have been retrieved but three still unaccounted for after a canoe capsized on the Offin River at Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. The gory incident happened Friday after some residents who were trying to cross the river got trapped. Speaking on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma on Monday, October ...

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Ghana Music Awards, France Slated For December

Plans are far advanced towards the commencement of Ghana Music Awards, France chapter, Razak Ghana can authoritatively confirm. France chapter of the Music Awards, is a project that seeks to award Ghanaian entertainers both abroad and home. December 2021, according to the organizer, Madam Osaah Special, is slated for the official launching of the anticipated project. Any individual, organization or ...

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